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Before George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, There Was Latasha Harlins
Before George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, there was Latasha Harlins. Latasha was a 15 year-old girl shot who was in the back of the head by a Korean shop owner in 1991. Her death struck a chord in the Black community, contributing to protests and civil unrest in the 1992 Riots. Now, decades later a public mural in tribute...
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Why Black History Month Still Matters
It’s been almost a century since historian and scholar Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week, which almost a half-century later was expanded to Black History Month. And like clockwork, every February, the same question comes up: Is Black History Month still relevant?
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NASA Names DC Headquarters Building for ‘Hidden Figure' Mary Jackson
NASA is officially naming its headquarters building in Washington, D.C., in honor of engineer Mary W. Jackson in a ceremony on Friday.
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How an Enslaved Man Helped Boston Battle a Devastating Disease 300 Years Ago
A 1721 smallpox outbreak, one of many Boston faced in its early years, led to the introduction in what is now the United States of inoculation, a medical advancement that saved many lives. And often overlooked in the history of that inoculation is an enslaved man named Onesimus.
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Brehanna Daniels, the First Black Woman in a NASCAR Pit Crew, Made it Her Mission Not to Be the Last
Brehanna Daniels tried out to be a NASCAR pit crew member on a whim after watching a YouTube video and being impressed by the speed of the sport. She was the first Black woman in the role, but not the last. Daniels joined LX News to explain why she was so emotional to bring another Black woman into the sport...
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Paul R. Williams Redesigned the Beverly Hills Hotel. Because He Was Black, He Couldn't Stay There
Paul R. Williams was the architect behind some of the most iconic buildings in Los Angeles and the homes of many of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the 20th century. The Los Angeles County Courthouse, Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, the Los Angeles International Airport are just a few of the designs that sprang from his imagination. But despite the...
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Alabama's 1st Black Congresswoman on the Sacrifices of the Elder Generation
Rep. Terri Sewell, the first Black woman elected to Alabama’s congressional delegation, reminds herself daily that her personal success is not her birthright; rather, that it was made possible only as a result of the blood, sweat and tears poured out by the women, men and children who came before her.
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Meet Washington Football's Jennifer King, the NFL's 1st Black Female Assistant Coach
News4’s Shawn Yancy talks to Jennifer King about her historic promotion and the change she hopes to make in her new role.
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Sewell on the 1963 Church Bombing as ‘A Catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement'
Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, talks about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan that killed four young girls, and how they were finally recognized for their sacrifice fifty years later.
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Chase Doubles Housing Grant Program as American Banks Reckon With Low Minority Homeownership
Chase Bank will double its Homebuyer Grant in an effort to foster homeownership among Black and Latino communities.
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BLM in Italian Fashion Campaign Shows Early Tangible Results
A digital runway show by five Italian fashion designers of African origin is opening Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday
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Pianos and Protests: Orchestrating Change in Denver
Purnell Steen, an accomplished jazz musician and civil rights activist, talks about the struggles Black musicians faced at the dawn of the civil rights era.
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Trailblazing Ballet Dancer Misty Copeland Talks About Her Own Heroes, from Raven Wilkinson to Prince
Misty Copeland inspired the next generation of Black girls as the first Black woman to be named a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. In a wide-ranging interview with LX News host Tabitha Lipkin, she talked about the people who have inspired her — from Raven Wilkinson, who was the first Black ballerina to dance in an all-white company...
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WNBA Legend Sheryl Swoopes Reflects on Being Black in America and Her Olympic Experience
Former WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes joined LX News host Tabitha Lipkin for an emotional conversation about being Black in America and teaching Black children to love themselves.
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Access and Aspiration: A Nurse's Fight for Acceptance
Elizabeth Williams, a former Philadelphia nurse and hospital superintendent, talks about fighting for acceptance as a Black medical professional in the medical system and how discrimination followed her career from hospital to hospital.
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Fighting Bias as a Black Nurse in the 60s
Elizabeth Williams recalls fighting through bias as a Black nurse in Philadelphia throughout the early 60s.
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Fighting Past Medical Bias During Segregation
Elizabeth Williams, a Black nurse who had worked her way up to hospital superintendent despite overwhelming racial bias, talks about working through that bias as a young Black student going into nursing in 1930s Philadelphia.
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Celebrating the Legacy of Chicago's Seaway Furniture
Family members preserve the legacy of their patriarch whose pioneering spirit began the nation’s largest African-American owned furniture company in the country on Chicago’s South Side. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports
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WNBA Great Sheryl Swoopes Reflects on Being Black in America: ‘It Is Scary'
WNBA Great Sheryl Swoopes talks about how her perception of what it means to be Black in America has changed since her playing career ended.
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Misty Copeland: ‘My Identity as a Black Girl, That is Something I Understood'
Long before Misty Copeland became the principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, she says she was in touch with her identity as a Black girl in America.